A man has been airlifted to hospital with chest wounds following a stabbing at a block of flats.

The Comet: Police at the scene of the stabbing at Middlefields Court in Letchworth GCPolice at the scene of the stabbing at Middlefields Court in Letchworth GC (Image: Archant)

Emergency services were called to Middlefields Court in Letchworth GC, at 8.52am, and the man was taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge by air ambulance.

A knife has been recovered at the scene and a spokesperson for the police said they are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident.

A section of Southfields near to The Grange shops has been temporarily closed.